# Wethersfield Air Base, Braintree, Essex, United Kingdom

**Wethersfield Air Base** is a small airport in Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1941. It closed in 1970. It is operated by Royal Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1272

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Owner: Ministry of Defence
- Serves: Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1941
- Closed: 1970
- Elevation: 98 m / 322 ft
- Coordinates: 51.9719, 0.5094
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDP_Wethersfield (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649866
- Weather station: EGSS · WMO 03683
- Ident: GB-1272

## Timeline

- 1941: Wethersfield Air Base opens.
- 10 Jan 1944: Royal Air Force becomes the operator.
- 1970: Wethersfield Air Base closes.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 98 m / 322 ft | =30,806 of 43,403 | =3,616 in Europe | =193 in GB |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =581 in Europe | =93 in GB |

## Nearby airports

- [GB-0829](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0829.md) Whitehall Farm Airstrip · 1.0 km / 0.6 mi
- [GB-0556](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0556.md) Blooms Farm Airstrip · 4.1 km / 2.5 mi
- [GB-0819](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0819.md) Wildings Farm Airstrip · 7.7 km / 4.8 mi
- [GB-0538](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0538.md) Ridgewell Glider Field · 9.2 km / 5.7 mi
- [EGSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egsl.md) Andrewsfield Aerodrome · 9.5 km / 5.9 mi
- [GB-0219](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-0219.md) Rayne Hall Farm Airstrip · 9.6 km / 6.0 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1272/data